Updated Feb 22, 2021 | 23:59 IST
The Twitter handles include news portal Mojo Story , led by senior journalist Barkha Dutt who termed the FIR a case of brazen harassment and bullying . Anand Kulkarni, Unnao Superintendent of Police | Photo Credit: ANI
Unnao: An FIR has been lodged against eight Twitter handles for allegedly propagating fake news in connection with the death of two girls here last week, police said on Monday.
The Twitter handles include news portal Mojo Story , led by senior journalist Barkha Dutt who termed the FIR a case of brazen harassment and bullying .
The case was registered at the Sadar Kotwali police station area in Unnao on Sunday against seven more Twitter accounts: Janjagran Live, Aazad Samaj Party spokesperson Suraj Kumar Boudh, Nilim Dutta, Vijay Ambedkar, Abhay Kumar Azad, Rahul Diwakar, Nawab Satpal Tanwar.
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LUCKNOW: The Unnao police on Sunday lodged an FIR against eight twitter handles and its users, including @themojostory run by senior journalist Barkha Dutt, on charges of spreading “misleading information” in connection with the recovery of the bodies of two minor girls in Baburha village of the district.
The other handles against whom the FIR has been lodged include @BhimSenaChief (run by Nawab Satpal Tanwar), @NilimDutta, @janjagranlive, @SurajKrBaudh (spokesperson, Azad Samaj Party), @vijayambedkarUP, @Abhaykumarazad97, and @Rahuldiwkr.
On Saturday, Congress MP Udit Raj had been booked by Unnao police for allegedly spreading misinformation through his tweet.
Unnao police claimed that the users of these eight twitter handles had tweeted that the two minor girls, who were found murdered in the fields, were sexually assaulted and that their last rites were performed against the wish of their families.
FIR against Congress leader Udit Raj for misleading tweet on Unnao murder
The SP said that the claims made in the tweet were far from the facts emerging in the post-mortem report and the post was an attempt to create anger.
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UNNAO: Congress leader Udit Raj was booked Saturday for his tweet over the death of two girls in Unnao, with the police alleging he propagated fake news that the teenagers were raped and their bodies cremated against the will of their family.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Anand Kulkarni said the claims made in the tweet were far from the facts emerging in the post-mortem report and the post was an attempt to create anger through misleading rumours.